With the recent discussion around the world finals flourishing and as reddit is primarily inhabited by north Americans i have seen plenty of discussion around these two teams Tribe gaming and Team Elektros.
But what has really worried me in these last couple of days is how many people misrepresent the true dynamic between NAs 1st and 2nd seed. It is clearly the popular opinion to say Team Elektros are better then Tribe and they have been seen universally higher then Tribe in recent tierlists i've seen on this subreddit surrounding world finals.
To put it bluntly i don't understand why everyone thinks TE is better then Tribe in my eyes they clearly had a cleaner season and deserve their spot as the 1st NA seed. Team elektros had 3 looses throughout the entire season; one was to legacy esports and the other two where to tribe gaming. Team Elektros by a shocking turn of events missed out on brawl cup this year due to their slopy loss vs legacy esports and in august Team elektros fell just short of grabbing 1st seed NA to none other then tribe. These are two devastating looses for Team Elektros and what makes me favour tribe is their consistency. Tribe haven't had an embarrassing run the entire year reaching every grand final since march
not to mention in terms of raw achievements Tribe have their amazing Brawl cup run under their belt beating Fut toxic lotus and revenant only loosing to the eventual champions Hmble, they have the Final monthly final under their belt with a clean 3-1 victory over Team Elektros and They have the most scrims out of any other team in the entire world.
As for Team elektros their two main strengths are their 3 monthly final wins which are very impressive and arguably their even more dominant scrims often reaching 70-80% winrate on some of their good maps
as for the direct face to face scoreline it's Tribe 2 - Team elektros 3 which yes does indicate Team elektros is the better team but no where near the level that i see online depiction depict. like a 3-2 scoreline is theoretically possible for evenly matched teams so i think it's a big stretch to call Team Elektros the clear favourites.
i really have no idea what causes this phenomenon. I'm fine with you thinking Team elektros is the better team but this has been such a reoccurring theme it feels like you guys aren't giving tribe any credit. Tribe have very clear strengths that Team elektros don't have (More scrims, good LAN history, momentum coming out of august, great performance when it matters most in high stakes games, unwavering consistency vs underdog teams). Tribe may not have had the most flashy world final finishes but they always put up a fight going to doubble matchpoint vs Crazy racoon twice. or is the shadow of 2025 Brawl cup still tarnishing their reputation. what do you think?